The story here is in January 2014 we had a storm and this 30 metre plus Ironbark was struck.
The explosion split the trunk right down the MIDDLE bringing instant death to the tree and a palm ( you can't see, a few metres behind.
It now constantly drops it's dead limbs and will continue to do so as nobody will put their chainsaw to it as a lightning struck tree is so hard the saw will be blunt after.

Ironbark is a common name of a number of species in three taxonomic groups within the genus Eucalyptus that have dark, deeply furrowed bark.

Instead of being shed annually as in many of the other species of Eucalyptus, the dead bark accumulates on the trees, forming the fissures. It becomes rough after drying out and becomes impregnated with kino, a dark red tree sap exuded by the tree. The bark is resistant to fire and heat and protects the living tissue within the trunk and branches from fire. In cases of extreme fire, where leaves and shoots are removed, the protective bark aids in protecting epicormic buds which allow the tree to reshoot.